No time to detail?

evenflow · 07-06-08, 12:16

Anyone else run into this problem? I work 7 days a week, MON-FRI from 9:30-5:30 and SAT-SUN from 7:30 to 4:30. By the time I get home I am usually tired and have no desire to clean my car at all. In fact I don't think I have washed my car in a good month, and it has to have been at least 4+ months since the last time I waxed it.

I used to wash/wax my car once every two weeks. I wish I had weekends off so I could have some time to detail it.

Legacy99 · 07-06-08, 12:23

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Originally Posted by evenflow

Anyone else run into this problem? I work 7 days a week, MON-FRI from 9:30-5:30 and SAT-SUN from 7:30 to 4:30. By the time I get home I am usually tired and have no desire to clean my car at all. In fact I don't think I have washed my car in a good month, and it has to have been at least 4+ months since the last time I waxed it.

I used to wash/wax my car once every two weeks. I wish I had weekends off so I could have some time to detail it.

Hire someone to do it for you. With all that overtime you can afford it.

evenflow · 07-06-08, 12:27

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Originally Posted by Legacy99

Hire someone to do it for you. With all that overtime you can afford it.

No sense in hiring anyone to do it. I have all the products I need, just need to find time to do it.

Denzil · 07-06-08, 12:30

Drink a Red Bull and have at it. By the time it wears off, you should be done with your car and will crash out and sleep soundly.

detail1 · 07-06-08, 12:45

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Originally Posted by evenflow

Anyone else run into this problem? I work 7 days a week, MON-FRI from 9:30-5:30 and SAT-SUN from 7:30 to 4:30. By the time I get home I am usually tired and have no desire to clean my car at all. In fact I don't think I have washed my car in a good month, and it has to have been at least 4+ months since the last time I waxed it.

I used to wash/wax my car once every two weeks. I wish I had weekends off so I could have some time to detail it.

Even God did not work 7 seven days a week. I know that we are in financially difficult times, but u need to take a break. You don't want to get sick now. I would take a day off to do nothing but rest. Then I would take another day off to take pride in detailing my own car so that it can accurately represent my business.

Good Luck!

blownvert · 07-06-08, 12:45

my bro you can find time! Prob not to polish, but to wash. Unless you take a day off from work on the weekends

citizen arcane · 07-06-08, 12:56

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Originally Posted by Denzil

Drink a Red Bull and have at it. By the time it wears off, you should be done with your car and will crash out and sleep soundly.

Yup, have that RB and wash one day and maybe LSP the front clip. Then vacuum the next day, do windows the next and next time you wash LSP the center of the car etc., etc. No need to do it all in one day. It's amazing how many tasks one can do when they are split into little less time consuming chores.

NSXTASY · 07-06-08, 01:13

I sympathize with you.

Take it through the touchless after petrol.

zaxjax · 07-06-08, 01:18

Do a panel or section at time, there is no reason to try to do it all at once.

thesacrifice · 07-06-08, 02:30

forget your car, do you have time to spend with your friends and loved ones?

citizen arcane · 07-06-08, 03:32

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Originally Posted by thesacrifice

forget your car, do you have time to spend with your friends and loved ones?

I defer my post to the more rational one presented here

HRP · 07-06-08, 03:50

Here's where you can really do some good, now and in the future. Teach an interested neighbour's kid exactly how to do it. the way you want it done. Then he can use you as a reference. At $4+ a gallon, you'd be surprised how many "neighbour's kids" would jump at a chance to be able to detail a car correctly to pay for their own fuel and as a cash deal. And it will be a lasting skill for him.
You ain't the lone ranger out there with too much to do and not enough time or energy in which to do it.